"As you build the Africa you believe in, you will have no better partner, no better friend than the United States of America."

"Africa is a place of incredible dynamism, some of the fastest-growing markets in the world, extraordinary people, extraordinary resilience. And it has the potential to be the next center of global economic growth," said President Obama

Our Consulate in Cape Town celebrated Mandela Day by making a donation to the Adonis Musati Project

American dance company Step Afrika! conducts a five-day youth step camp that teaches the values of teamwork and discipline to 60 young South Africans

Our Independence Day celebration: Ambassador Gaspard and South Africa's Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu toast America's 239th Birthday

Women’s participation in the transport sector is center of new U.S.- S.A. Memorandum of Cooperation signed at Park Station, Johannesburg

Ambassador Patrick Gaspard visits the Eastern Cape to pay homage to an American nun who served the people of South Africa for more than five decades

Key for an AIDS-free generation: A/Secretary of the Bureau of African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Consul General Christopher Rowan meet volunteers, patients of Nazareth House

Dessa — American rapper, singer and wordsmith touched down in Port Elizabeth to spend a week teaching and performing in communities in the Eastern Cape

The Embassy hosted key stakeholders from civil society, SA Government, international organizations, and the refugee and migrant community for a discussion on refugee and migration issues

News from the Mission

The students will spend one academic year (August 2015 to May 2016) studying toward a certificate in the field they are pursuing in South Africa. Since the program’s inception in 2008, about 170 students from South Africa have received scholarships for study at community colleges throughout the United States.

Youth organisations ENKE and our GeneratioNEXT teamed up to paint a section of palisade fence on the grounds of the home as well a section of the perimeter wall. After a few laughs and waiting, the work began and the dozens of volunteers made quick work of the project. Less than two hours later, both paint jobs were complete and then it was time for cake.
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The U.S. Embassy is pleased to introduce the 40 young South Africans who will participate in the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. This diverse group of young leaders comes from eight of South Africa’s provinces and their areas of interest fall into business and entrepreneurship, civic leadership, or public management.

Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (DNN) Anne Harrington welcomed Ratanang Margin Moagi from the Department of Energy of South Africa and Ramasukudu Gabriel Pitsoane of the South African National Nuclear Regulator to the NNSA’s and International Atomic Energy Agency’s 25th International Training Course (ITC) on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities at Sandia National Laboratories.

On this 45th anniversary of World Earth Day, the U.S. Embassy in South Africa, in partnership with local environment organizations and USAID partners WESSA and RESILIM, hosted local high school students to celebrate World Earth Day at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) building in Groenkloof, Pretoria on April 22, 2015.